Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-174.113.36.200-20141011071032/@comment-25430487-20150422004309

Darren laughed. "What kind of human would I be if I didn't treat you like an equal on the team? It is good to know that Jackson feels the same way, though. Well, hopefully not exactly the same, but you know what I mean," he smiled, and nodded. "Karren is a... difficult woman to impress. She'd admit that herself. Try not to take it the wrong way. When it comes to you, she's only doing it because she considers herself responsible for your well-being. You are a student here, after all,"

Darren sighed and nodded when Holly called Karren's mentality old fashioned. "Well... yeah, I understand where you're coming from, but I get her, too. Just because you're in a relationship doesn't mean you're mature, but if you're in a healthy one, it does show that you know how to think of something other than yourself in a big way, make sacrifices, make compromises..." He zoned out for a moment. "And yet everything with you feels so simple and natural." he looked puzzled. "Holly, are we secretly not in a relationship?" he joked.

"Yeah... I know. But that's not unique to Karren. We can't... tell anyone about us. I don't even know how we're going to move forward with this in the long run... it's... going to be tough. But I'm trying to focus on the short term for now." He looked out his window across the street to the infirmary, and sighed.